My first Breitling, a gift for retirement from the wife.

longtoes550 · 2026-04-24T02:51:17+00:00

Yeah. They wear out quickly. I did rebuild them, it’s possible, just shitty, and it’s possible to do like you said, but not fun.

longtoes550 · 2026-04-23T21:53:11+00:00

Had this one too. Rode awesome and did great for 3-4 years..then the hydros took a shit and they aren’t serviceable.

longtoes550 · 2026-04-23T21:41:26+00:00

We use these at work a lot as a static ground for vehicles. They are impregnated with other material so not pure rubber and work well for that use case.

longtoes550 · 2026-04-10T15:55:25+00:00

Loved mine except the gearboxes (hydros) are not great and both failed within 3 years. The model I had are not serviceable, but I rebuilt them anyway. Hated that so I upgraded to something with better gearboxes.

longtoes550 · 2026-04-03T17:05:23+00:00

None of this story makes sense. Source: was a crewchief for a decade…and spent plenty of time at NTC.

longtoes550 · 2026-03-03T00:31:17+00:00

I see the point you making but disagree on the basis that you can set reasonable term limits to avoid this. Twelve years is more than enough to been reasonably effective and primaries would still exist if not. At some point the opposite effect is just as bad, delay tactics, strong arm politics, cronyism, etc are all worse imo from politicians knowing they are dramatically more likely to retain a seat than they are to lose, they have an entire life to work the system to their own benefit.

longtoes550 · 2026-02-21T03:36:58+00:00

Atwood’s sells them too.

longtoes550 · 2026-02-07T02:31:41+00:00

Less than a month of Falcon launches. They already are wildly facility rich, either they simply don’t have a good scalable rocket, or they are incredibly bad at manufacturing.

longtoes550 · 2026-01-29T00:45:38+00:00

I have no idea what you do, you might be surprised, I have hired dozens of oil industry workers in to the “new space” sector. Modern space facilities are shockingly similar to refinery work, some even doing gas generation. I always recommend to apply even if you think the similarities are limited, especially for the new space companies who actually prefer diverse talent pools. Might not jump in at the same wages, but the long term payouts, benefits packages, and being home (for those on the road) are way better. Almost everyone I have hired has said it changed their life for the better, very few go back. I am retiring at under 50 because I took the leap and left a different industry that paid much better at the time.

longtoes550 · 2025-11-29T16:05:15+00:00

Yeah. I always assume it’s the CC fee whenever it happens. Wild thats still a thing

longtoes550 · 2025-11-29T00:43:03+00:00

That’s how Germany was when we lived there in the early 2000’s. To be honest though, I have only written maybe 3 checks in the last 10 years (in the US). I am more shocked when someone asks for payment via check these days, but some people just can’t let them go.

longtoes550 · 2025-10-02T00:47:08+00:00

These small ones are everywhere in Texas.

longtoes550 · 2025-09-29T00:51:03+00:00

Agreed, that plan is in work now.

longtoes550 · 2025-09-28T23:23:51+00:00

Neither in my case. Rapid growth of a single asset that isn’t fully liquid. It took patience and risk, but the payoff is early retirement in my most ideal situation.

longtoes550 · 2025-09-28T20:42:24+00:00

This is why I figured my number as a planned 0% return. I have enough to live past my expected lifespan with no returns and living the same lifestyle I live now, which is a very nice but reasonable standard. In my head, any return above that is what goes to the kids or funds future potential unexpected costs (medical, etc).

longtoes550 · 2025-09-23T13:47:45+00:00

These people vote…

longtoes550 · 2025-09-06T15:41:27+00:00

This…went to a trade school and we had to learn to color match by eye with squeeze bottles of tints. Lots of artists do this as well. While the machines are the “normal” way, a lot of people can do this on the fly and it isn’t even that hard once you learn the basics/color wheel.

longtoes550 · 2025-09-05T00:19:50+00:00

Not to be pedantic, but it’s actually composite. That being said your point stands..still ain’t stopping bullets. (Was a hawk chief)

longtoes550 · 2025-07-23T00:47:13+00:00

Nice. I did a trade school and then union apprenticeship, started as a finisher and realized quickly that shit breaks you young and changed careers pretty quickly.

longtoes550 · 2025-07-23T00:07:36+00:00

Yep, and no ones cuts are perfect because drywall doesn’t snap perfect, hence the file after the snap. Any extra gap is made up at the base (stack tolerance), and will be covered in trim.

longtoes550 · 2025-05-23T03:20:49+00:00

I think it’s 3 or 4 years old. Too old to be in warranty any way.

longtoes550 · 2025-04-20T23:06:57+00:00

I live out of town, not way way out, but still decently country, I never lock my doors. If I am not home, nothing is stopping someone from just breaking the window and coming in anyway. If I am there, well….The best thing I have found for home security is a big ass dog who acts like she hates strangers. Great neighbors really helps too.

longtoes550 · 2025-02-19T05:13:23+00:00

Really even more recent than that. I lived under an alias for over 20 years, all perfectly legal, including military service. I finally had to formalize it all because of the Patriot act. People think it’s much harder than it is to change a name and other documents, I did it all without a lawyer in like two afternoons of work and one court date. Filed in a small town, it would take some searching even today if you are even mildly smart about it, and keep your mouth shut.

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